 Welcome to RTX at home. More importantly, welcome to the Recorded by AuraZoll panel. Before I introduce all of the lovely people here, I'd like to say, hey, a big thank you to HBO Max for being the presenting sponsor of Rooster Teeth Animation Festival. Searching for what to watch next? No problem. Introducing the amazing world of HBO Max. At HBO Max, animation isn't just for kids. We've got the goods for grownups too. Thank you, HBO Max. Again, for sponsoring all of this. We truly appreciate it. Now, let's actually go around here and introduce everybody here. Let's start with the woman of the hour, Issa herself. Oh, hello. Don't look at me, please. Hi, guys. I'm Issa. I am the creator, co-creator, creating co-developer, writer, co-writer. There's a lot that I do for Recorded by AuraZoll. Hello, everyone. And of course, we have Joshua. Big hands for Joshua. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. Go ahead. Oh, I don't know what we're doing. I'm not professional at the panel. All right, do you want to tell everybody what you do? OK, if you insist. Yeah, I co-developed the show with Issa. I write on it and I edit the show. But that's it. That's it. It's that simple. And of course, of course, of course, we have the voice of AuraZoll herself, Chrissie Marie Covenos. I'm so excited to be here. So I'm so happy to be here with everybody. I'm the voice of ourselves. I'm so happy to be here with everybody, super excited about everything that's about to. We're about to show everybody. We've got some surprises. But before that, I want to start with the big surprise. You're ready for the big surprise? I would like to, for everybody, you know, it's like get some clap emojis going already, because I would love for everybody to show your love for AuraZoll with the brand new first ever merch we have for Recorded by AuraZoll. Look at how cute it is. It's so great. I love everything about it. Issa, do you want to talk us through a little bit of the process of bringing AuraZoll's whole life and her world on this shirt? Yeah, sure. I can see it, right? So the idea came up of like, oh, Issa, would you like to design one? I'd be like, OK, I'm not as great of a designer as Michelle and the rest of the graphics team, but I thought it'd be nice to kind of, I think the biggest prompt was kind of like, how do you encapsulate a prelude into one single shirt when I feel like the prelude for AuraZoll kind of encompassed a lot of different meanings for all of us? So it really kind of just comes down to AuraZoll doing what she liked and then kind of all the different incomplete stuff about her room and things like that. I just wanted her to be happy. I think we all kind of want AuraZoll to be happy. So I want to say, Christine, you hadn't seen the shirt before today. What's your reaction to seeing AuraZoll? There's merch. What do you feel? I was so excited. I mean, I wish you'd like screencapped my face when I saw that both of them were wearing the shirts. I like want one so bad. Literally just before we started, Christine's got to see the shirt for the first time. It was the most wholesome moment ever of all time. And if that doesn't speak volumes to like, how much representation matters, I don't know what does, like seriously. And that's a lot about what we're going to talk about today and on top of many other things that you might not have seen before and might not have you haven't seen before. And I'm very excited to show you all of that. And let's actually start with that. How's that sound? OK. All right, so we've got some prelude concept art. This is the room that we see in all of the vlogs. So, Issa, do you want to talk a little bit through creating Arzall's room and how you encapsulated the world of Maktabah and also Arzall's personality into like, there's a lot here. One of the things, so lots of like little character drops for everyone here as well. One of the things I told Al, the artist, production artist working on this one, who's also worked with us as a storyboarder for a lot of our different projects. And he storyboarded Arzall. One of the things I told him was she lives with her aunt, uncle, and cousin. And they're basically like in a one floor apartment. So how can they fit another child into their one floor apartment? Is it kind of just like an office space in the corner that they ended up converting into a bedroom? So what does that look like, especially in this futuristic setting? So is it like a corner? Is it a curved corner? Are there different angles? So that was like even down to like what the room is shaped like. I think we kind of went with the normal, just like a four corner room. But then the big thing about Arzall as well is that it's like she's weird because she has a lot of physical items. And this is like a whole digital age that we're playing around with that Josh and I were talking about a lot. Like what does it mean to be part of a digital age? So there's always kind of these comments of like she has so much stuff. She has a lot of stuff. She has a lot of stuff. And this is a constant struggle I have whenever I'm moving. It's just like, God, I have so much stuff. Like you don't really realize how much stuff you have until you try to pack it. So it's similar to this. Like it's well placed. But compared to everyone else who kind of has a lot more like digital knickknacks or knickknacks law, digital things are like things that are on a flat surface that is what we would consider like the idea futuristic and compact. What Arzall's room would be is more indicative of like things that she, what's the word I'm looking for? Appreciates like things that she just wants to surround herself and be her own escape in her room. So yeah. So I want to ask a question because it's it's very pointed out. She has a favorite item in her room. She made a point to cry over it. Is that inspired by anything or was that just like, that just come to you? This is like, well, she obviously loves to read. It's pointed out a bunch of times and she has to like, to be a record keeper, she's going to have to travel light, which means that books are heavy and she's going to have to give up a lot of her stuff. Is there, was that inspired by anything in particular? Oh, mint. Josh, I'm actually going to throw this to you if you like thought of anything before I answer something. Anything specific? I mean, yeah, like we knew it's kind of like, I remember in my first like kind of spec script to see if I would be a good fit for writing for the show. I immediately was like, I'm going to take something physical that she likes and I'm going to break it because I want to see her react to it and respond to it and to demonstrate how she does value like physical things. And I think that that kind of spirit is still in this version. We don't break her book, don't worry. We won't do that. But yeah, it was just like to communicate, to just further illustrate that not only does she love all these physical things but there is a specific one that holds the most value to her. Okay, so there's something I also want to bring up. In that same episode, we see Aris all get really frustrated and she screams into a pillow and she just kind of has this like, you see the little dark circles under her. She's having a moment. She's having a moment. And it's right before she ends up crying over her book. Christine, do you want to take us through that range of emotions that she had to go through? That's actually like my favorite scene. I remember that day in the booth because I was with them and I just asked like, would it be more realistic if I just screamed into my jacket? So I really did just take my jacket and shove my face into it. And scream like that. I mean, if you've never done it before, it feels great to just like scream into a pillow or your jacket. I loved that scene. And yeah, that's like the turn in the prelude that I loved. I think it was like unexpected for some people. They didn't think it was gonna go like that kind of way. But yeah, I loved it. Okay, let's roll on to some more concept arts. Specifically, let's talk about Arizol first because I mean, she's, oh my gosh, she's so adorable. I love her so much. Seriously, thank you. So how many concept designs did Arizol go through? I mean, we're seeing a lot of little different things here, but I imagine, I mean, I know you've been working on this for quite some time, Issa. There, you must have had a bunch of different ideas floating around in your head. Talk us through about the creation of Arizol as far as design is concerned. Yeah, this is so, before when I had like initially pitched, I'm that person who tends to stick to my first idea pretty solidly. So that's kind of the downside, right? Is that like if I'm, when you're coming up with different ideas, you actually want different iterations. So you can really be sure and land on the best one. For me, it's always just about like changing little details. So I think, man, I'm trying to think, like what went through my mind while this was like going on. One of the, so two big inspirations, at least I can say about like this particular pieces that like as my style evolved, one, I definitely took some inspiration from Akko from Little Witch Academia. And then two is Deku, actually from My Hero, also academia. My little, wait, I think both academia's, oh my God, I don't really realize this. He's just realizing something very deep and personal about herself right now. I was just like talking and I think my brain stopped and I was like, wait, did I just say the same thing twice? I can't remember. But yeah, just kind of both of these characters have these like really wide, this like wide-eyed appeal about going after their goals and their dreams 100%. So I think going on from there and kind of just being like, okay, well, what does she look like if she was Filipino? I mean, that's the easiest way to go about it is just like, okay, I like these design aspects. How do I make them very personal to me? And it shows, it really does. She's incredibly expressive. Those big eyes really just kind of like, they sparkle and shine. And then when you have that, when you finally get to that third part, she's just, you know, you see her pupils dilate and she's having a moment and it really is great. Oh, thank you. Oh, by the way, I have a comment on the character design, by the way. My, I showed this to my cousin who was also Filipino and she like loved that. She was like, I love that her skin is so dark and her hair is so black. And she's like, she looks like me. And I was like, oh, yeah, cause she's like, my cousin does kind of look like what Arizol looks like very long hair and dark black and very tan, tanter than I am. And yeah, I just love that she like identified with it so much and she loves how you guys designed her. So well done. Oh, thanks Christy, thanks Christy, it's cousin. Oh no. To follow up on that, the first episode of Arizol went viral a little bit, because of that, there were so many people who were having those moments and it really does. Like it speaks from the heart when somebody's able to point at the screen and just be like, that looks like me. I understand this, I feel this. And Arizol really resonated with everybody. And it really speaks to the design of Arizol that, you really took time and care to make sure that everything about this was completely representative. And I mean, it went viral. It did its job and it's so amazing. And I'm so happy for this. Thanks. Don't look at me. There were like TikToks on it and it was so good. You're so sweet, thanks guys. They even loved that her school uniform. She's like, that's the kind I wear in the Philippines. And they're like, yeah, I was like, oh my God. I, it was, it's funny because the skirt actually fun fact is the skirt that I ended up choosing was like, oh, this is actually easier, a little easier to animate versus the other skirt designs that we had done. So it was like both a tech reason, but also like a personal reason of just like, you know, I don't actually see a lot of anime that do the long skirt long, even like a mid-sleeve uniforms in the Philippines that I normally see every summer. So yeah. Okay, so let's bring up the next picture of Arizol, which is the finalized concepts, the turnaround. And here she is in all of her amazing glory. And I wanna turn a little bit, just a little bit, since this is the realized version of Arizol. I wanna turn to Christine real quick. How did you come up with the tone and manner of speech that Arizol has? I mean, it was all based on their description of her being like, wide-eyed, interested, curious, like enthusiastic about what she likes and things like that. So I mean, her voice is probably closer to my regular voice, the one I'm using right now, than a lot of other characters that I've done. So it wasn't very, it came very naturally to me on one sec. Sorry. Oh, water bake for everyone. Yeah. Drink your water. Time to water. Yeah. Time to water. Speaking of, yeah. Cheers. I'm out. Cheers. But yeah, like she, yeah, again, I feel like I incidentally, I don't wanna sound cliche or anything, but I really feel like I incidentally clicked with the character of Arizol. And I hope that came across when I auditioned and I am hoping that's why, I guess that's why you mean it. But yeah, like I relate to Arizol's like her, that during that like age of like innocence, when you're like anything is possible, like I'm gonna go out and do whatever I wanna do in the world. And people also relate to her turn also. The, you know, like I don't know what I'm doing, like I still don't know what I'm doing. Yeah. And yeah, so she's a very relatable, likable character. So it wasn't very hard. Fantastic. All right, let's bring up that turn around real quick. One more time. Okay. Issa? Yeah. Joshua, tell me a little bit about, you know, getting to this finalized design. Ooh. Ooh, what's that? Man, you're asking questions of like, why have we been done with production for so long? Because we've been done with production for so long and at least from the prelude. So it's actually kind of like, oh, I'm trying to revisit where we were at this moment. Man, Josh, do you have any thoughts? I mean, the thing about all the art stuff, which was so exciting for me was that like, I was definitely more on the writing side, like the pre-production side of things and the post-production side of things. So in the middle, the juicy parts of seeing all the animation and the art come in, I could just kind of be like a fan for it. And so I was very excited to like, you would slack me like, what do you think? A or B? A, B or C? And I'm just like, they're all fantastic. I'm not super helpful, but I'll encourage you. They all look great to me. And this is why Josh is my writing part. Because we all the validation on you. Oh yeah, anytime you need it. Okay. Thanks, Josh. You know what? Speaking of validation, there are two other characters that are very much part of Arzol's world and a part of her own validation. So let's take a look at Leah and Rizela's, you know, concept arts. Okay, so here's Leah. Rizela. So one of the ideas that I kind of just made everyone like put in without really explaining. I wanted there to be this idea of like the contact photo, but then also the contact photo can switch. So I, and to me, it's kind of like, oh, you know, there's these, you know, when you're best friends with people, you would take silly photos of yourself on their phone. Or like silly photos of each other. So then to me, I was just like, oh, to me, this is like what they would do. It's just they would like take dumb photos and then they would just put it on as their contact and they'd be best friends. That's what I did with my best friend. Yes! Her contact photo is like a terrible idea of her. But it makes me laugh every time she calls. So I had it. My sister, personal story, my sister would hide like baby photos of me, but like I would look like bulbak or I'd have a tantrum and stuff because my dad would always take pictures of me whenever I was having a tantrum. She'd hide them in like drawers and then the car and stuff. And then whenever she's like in a bad mood, she'd open a drawer and she'd start laughing because it made her feel better. And I was like, oh, thanks, sister. So this is like something like that, right? I love it. The dumb pictures that make you feel happy. So that was kind of- Oh, I love that so much. I do that exact same thing too with my cousin. She can't take roller coaster photos. So she makes a weird face every time. So I have a whole album of every roller coaster photo she's ever taken and they're all terrible, but they make me laugh so hard. And I treasure it. Oh, that's so funny. All right, so let's bring up that art again real quick. Yeah. Okay, so you created Arizol. Arizol more than likely came first, I'm assuming. So how did you create her friends? So me personally growing up, I've always kind of had this like- I fit into the anime protagonist stereotype of I always had a trio of friends with me, with me as the perceived protagonist. So I had like the- I always, two of my closest friends growing up was someone who was like Leah, who is very much like outgoing, would always speak up very loud. But also like, to me, I always perceived her as like someone who not necessarily lived life to the fullest, but she always tried her best and she always was there for her friends. So for me, that was like, Leah's like, come on, let's just go out. Let's take your mind off of these things. And for Rosella is also someone very dear to me about like, to me, Rosella is the friend that like I think Arizol always wants to be. You have that friend who's like you're like an, someone that you kind of idolize. So to Rosella at the same time, is someone who Arizol wants to be, but is also someone who constantly supports Arizol and wants her to be herself. So that was kind of Rosella and Leah for me. It was like kind of just taking inspiration from my own group of friends. Okay, so let's show the next concept art too while we're here, while we're- Again, just the cutest character designs. I love the big bright smiles. Just the raised eyebrows is like, it's half just like, I'm ready for this. And also it's like, oh, I don't want to be smiling this much in this picture. So what went into writing Arizol's friends? Like bringing out their personalities a little bit more. You said that they were, they were, you know, they're based on people you are friends with, but let's turn to Joshua a little bit. Since you're bringing a little bit more to the table here too, I want to hear how writing some of their dialogue or some of the text messages we see from them, how that came to be. Oh man, it was a blast because obviously like the show is so rooted in Arizol and her talking to camera. So it was a blast to get her to talk to anyone else. Like as soon as we can have a conversation, it's like, oh, this is really fun because we can bring out other sides of Arizol that are different. Like when you are sort of performing or like kind of performing in front of a camera when you're vlogging, it's like that's kind of a persona that you have. It's an element of you. But when you can have a conversation with a close friend, it brings out this other form of you. So it's kind of like designing that dialogue to be like, what parts of Arizol do we want to see in her relationship with Leah versus her relationship with Rizella? So to like to see different shades of Arizol was kind of like the motivation. So with Leah, it was like more of this like firm like, no, I have to stay in and this is important to me. And this is how I'm going to like progress my career as a record keeper, as a potential record keeper. And with Rizella, it's like much like what Isso is saying. It's more of like this, you know, with Leah would be like, no, I'm going to stay in and do this. Rizella, should I stay in and do this? Kind of a thing, like this mentor and this kind of equal to bring out different sides of Arizol. Which was so, it was so fun to have her talk to the three characters that she gets to talk to you to bring out, yeah, different sides of her. Okay. So now that we're past that a little bit, I kind of want to circle back to the beginning just for a brief moment. The room really does like encompass Arizol's personality just taking a look at it. We absolutely see a lot of her here. Is there anything that you placed in there, in that room, specifically, that means something to you? Oh. Like little Easter eggs. Oh. I've seen fans theorizing about all the items. Oh. That's amazing. That's there because of this. She must be like this because of this. Oh, man. Oh, that's a really good question. Because, oh God. There was a good, there was a good in-joke when the final background that was laid out by Lauren Crozier and painted by Tess. I put it in our Slack group for our team. I highlighted the fossil on her thing and I went, Arizol has a fossil. She has to give it to Blathers. So that was just like one thing. But I actually have to give a lot of credit to Al, our environment and his room and artist. He actually helped concept and really like nailed down everything that was in that room. I think the big thing for me was mostly just like, I want a circle window in there. But that was more of, I don't know, fantasy of mine. I love the circle window is kind of iconic too. It really, I mean, you can see it in pretty much every single version of the concept art too. Yeah. It really does set itself apart. So, okay. All right. 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Well, as far as I'm concerned, I've been doing voiceover for, I think November will be my 10 year anniversary. Wow, congratulations. Yeah. That feels like a big milestone for me. And yeah, I think I have like over a hundred credits on like behind the voice actors or IMDB or something like that, which is crazy to me still. 10 for 10. 10 for 10, I know. Yeah, but I've been like, I've been the voice of, I'm Sailor Saturn and Sailor Moon. I'm Mako from Kill the Kill. I'm Maruka in Maruka Magica. Azusa from K-On. That was actually my first ever, my first ever audition was Azusa from K-On and I got it, which is like unheard of. Like I did not think that was gonna happen. Your Azusa voice is so amazing, by the way. It's so good. It's so cute. When I listen back to it now, I'm like, oh, I sound like a little baby. I mean, I still sound like a baby. I still look like a baby now, so it's not that much different, but I'm like, I still haven't graduated from playing high schoolers. So, as you can see. You're still a high schooler now. Yeah, I'm still a high schooler. Hopefully I'll be a high schooler till I'm 70. No, no. Yeah, I'm just too. One voice actress to another. We're gonna get, there's always that typecast. It's like, oh, you have this voice. Prepare to do that for the next 20 years. Forever. Yeah. But yeah, and yeah, I've been, I've done video games, live action, dubbing, what do you call it? I don't know where I was going with that. Oh, original animation. I have some original animation things coming out. And like, and Arisall got to give me like a nice taste of original animation because I don't do it that often, but it was so fun to record Arisall like free. There's no lip flaps. I can just do what I want. And yeah, it gave, I think it helped a lot with the performance because it gave me so much freedom. And you guys obviously provided such a wonderful script to play around with. And she had so much personality and things I could pick out and, you know, throw and emphasize with her. And it was so much fun. And like, I mean, I don't know if you told the story already, but I like, and at the end I like cried during the session, which is the first time I'd ever met you guys. It was like so embarrassed. And I was like, I'm so sorry that I'm crying. But yeah, like the work that you guys have done, like it again, I'm not just saying this because I'm part of the project, like it truly means so much to me and so much to like the Asian community, the Filipino community and hopefully to everybody else because, you know, the story deserves to be told. So yeah. Thanks, Chris. Thank you. You're welcome. That was such an awesome moment. There's the wholesomeness that I was totally expecting. Oh, I'm glad you didn't think I was like such a weirdo. If anything, there was a good like five, 10 minutes after that session happened because it was like, it was a long session because Dean had monologues to do. Oh yeah, I'm talking to myself the whole time, so. Yeah, exactly. It was like a two hour session or something. And after that, Josh and I kept looking at each other for like 10 minutes, man, she's so good. She's so cool. Man, she was so cool. Oh my God. Man, Chris, she was so good. Like it was just this constant. It was amazing. It was like waves of like relief that we found the right person because like more so than any other show, like it's more than just the lead of this show. Like she is the show. It is just her talking to camera. Like it needed to be just right. That was a lot of pressure too. But you nailed it. We were like so excited. It was awesome. Oh, thank you. No, it was wonderful. I loved it. And yeah, I can't, I cannot wait for Arisal to like leave the quarters. I mean, she's already kind of left the quarters of her bedroom and, you know, go out and explore the world as a record keeper. Yeah, we got plans. I know, I'm excited for them. You just gave me the best segue in the entire world. Speaking of Arisal, being out in the world, we have a clip that we're going to show. And we're going to, we're going to be quiet. We're going to show it all off first. And we're going to talk about it. So roll the clip. Honestly, I thought my vision was already failing, but it turns out it was just a scary wave of sand coming for my life. So tent set up. So there's something to note first. So there's something to note first that is not Christine doing the voice of Arisal. That is the lovely Issa doing the voice of Arisal as some temp audio. So, so let's, let's talk about this. This is something that nobody's ever seen before. So there's a lot to discuss. Let's, let's, let's play it one more time. We're going to talk over it now. Issa, run us through what's actually happening here. Yeah. So we had an idea of a pilot script for the longest time. And one of the things that I really wanted to do was actually create test animations, being an animator and being part of the production pipeline or HGT that actually kind of really helped enable me to kind of be like, okay, well, I get to do my own thing. Like, let's actually like make some, make some effort and really put, punch this out. And so this is part of the original pitch that you guys are seeing. And so we're showing it because that's not, it's not what the pitch, it's not what our first episode would be if we were to ever release one. But there has been a lot of questions about like, what would Arisal's vlogs look like when she's out of her room? Like, what would that be? And this is actually one of the specific clips that I identified out of the script that was like, hey, so it's not just Arisal talking to the camera. Like we're not just gonna see her in front of the camera, like we're doing right now. We're not like talking to like people or disembodied voices. Like it'll be, there's a lot, gonna be a lot of elements of story time where you hear her talking and narrating over stuff and we'll be able to see the action of whatever she's talking about. Like it's, I think that's kind of the part that I'm really excited about with the prospect or the idea of like what Josh and I were thinking about what a season of our recorded by Arisal could look like because we're not just gonna do vlogs, we're going to be able to like break that idea of just being like, oh, she is actually telling something and it is going to be what she says versus what you will see. So a lot of active viewing as we call it into me or whatever. So this is one of the- There's a lot of people- And like I said, yeah. Oh, are they excited? There's a lot of people in the chat. There's a lot of people in the chat who are just saying the little clap that she does, they love it. Yeah, oh, it was my favorite. Oh yeah. They're pinging it up. They're just like, tent pops. It's like, yeah. There's a lot of heart in that animation. It's a very short clip, but you can actually see a tremendous amount of like what she's going through. You can tell that she's just like, oh, here's the sandstorms that I was warned about. I really not entirely certain how to handle this. Here's the tent popping up. It's like, oh cool, I have some shelter now. I'm very excited that he's like, just throw it out there. And then bam, tent, fantastic. Will that help her? Will that make her feel safe? There's this whole range of emotions that she could be going through. And you see on her face, a lot of different changes in her body movement really like sells everything in that very short clip. And gosh, it's so cool. The first time I saw them just like, oh my gosh, I want the show immediately, please. I got so many comments saying that when the prelude source came out, they're like, this better be a full series. Like you can't leave it like this. Like we need to see what happens. Yeah, that last episode kind of like, everybody was just like, oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. No, you didn't. There. Yeah, there's, oh man. I think, I speak for Josh and me. So Josh, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think every time we see like the final edit for the last episode, we always kind of like tear up. Oh yeah. It's just like, oh God, we've been working on this for a while and like the emotional beats we really want to be able to show and like tell this story with recorded by ourselves. Like it means Josh and I kind of keep it close to our hearts, but also it's like something we really want to be able to like express. So I feel like to me anyway, this is definitely kind of like, oh, I feel like you guys are kind of looking into my diary and it's just my innermost ideas and thoughts. And if you have constructive criticism, okay, thank you. I will take that to heart. One of my favorite things about that last episode is whenever Al was working on it or blowing it or like whenever it would come up in conversation, Al would just make sure to go out of his way to acknowledge me and Issa and go, how dare you? How dare you leave it like this? You have to, you have to continue. You have to keep telling us what happens. It was the best. It was so fun. Listen, that's the best part of the prelude. You've got to always leave him wanting just a little bit more. You got to tease them with the what ifs and the possibilities because I mean in the world of Mock the Fud, there's a lot of possibilities. Issa, you've talked to me for years about everything that you wanted to throw into this and there's a lot. I mean, we don't even have enough time to even start going into it, but I do want to harp on you just a little bit more, Issa. I'm sorry, I have to do this. How is it like stepping into the role of ours all quite literally and then handing it off to Christine? Oh man, Josh actually said it, it was a relief. It's not what I meant. So there was like a little blog post that Rooster Teeth did when our recorded barista came out and they had asked that question, like what was the most stressful part about bringing the show, making the show come to life and it was actually choosing the main character because voice acting, like for me anyway, how do I put it? There's already, I feel like Josh and I already have a lot of responsibilities and so kind of being the voice for RSL, for the longest time we've talked about how it's like, we always thought it was my voice because that was the temp voice we worked with, right? And to me, I was like, it's always temporary, but man, it was definitely kind of not a journey there it is to find someone. And I did remember, I do remember actually like sitting in the office just like kind of going like IMDb or like YouTube, like what did they sound like actually doing research? And then when we finally like found Christine it was just like, oh, this is gonna work. And I was so relieved because I was like, oh man, it is wonderful. And also the fun, Christine and Christine and I almost have the same glasses. And that same, and that day too, we also wore like a similar white sweater. So it's just like, why are we the guys first? We wore the exact same thing to session. That's crazy. And she was like, oh God, this is perfect. I'm sorry. So it was a weight off my shoulders and but it's also nice to know that Christine is there to share the weight with me. And that Christine was super willing. Thanks, Christine. Oh no, of course. Again, I'm so thrilled to even be part of this. It's amazing. So thank you for choosing me and letting me carry some of the load. Okay, speaking of thanking everybody, I'd like to say, hey, thanks to AT&T 5G for helping us out and sponsoring all of this. AT&T presents RTX this year. Thanks to them, we're able to bring all this awesome stuff from RTX directly to you. Thus, RTX at home. AT&T's 5G network is now available nationwide. Whether you're at home or on the go, you'll be enjoying coverage in more places. Plus AT&T doesn't make it complicated. 5G access is included in all customer unlimited plans at no extra cost. For more information about AT&T 5G, visit att.com forward slash 5G. Thank you AT&T for sponsoring RTX. We very much appreciate it. And you know what? All of our community does too because they get to enjoy RTX at home. Okay, now we're gonna take things back one more time because we asked people for some questions. So we're gonna do some Q&A in this last little bit of time we have here. So first off, Kaito Dan said, what was it like directing and animating scenes around the idea of presenting it as a series of vlogs? What challenges were there when keeping track of how there's always a camera recording Arzol's discussions and actions? Ooh. Ooh, Josh, you wanna hit the writing part? Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind was this interesting challenge of Arzol's relationship with the camera. Like I think you can kind of track, and hopefully you can track in the four prelude episodes, the logs, how she starts talking to the camera in the very beginning and then how she concludes talking to the camera. And the relationship she has with it is very different. Like in the last episode, she's very, very open and honest and vulnerable. And I think she works her way up to that. In the beginning, it's very kind of formal and it's presentational like I'm doing this assignment. And as we see her struggle through a lot of the things she does, she opens up to it more and more and it becomes like this video diary thing. So like keeping that in mind, I think was really important. Like that she's going through this arc in more ways than one. And that was like this interesting specific thing about the fact that it was vlogs that I think we kept in mind throughout the entire production. Mm, mm, mm. What a good answer. Josh, you're so smart. Fantastic answer. 10 out of 10. Everybody make a big applause for Josh. It's a big applause for Josh. So, okay. So the shadow Gigi says, why did you guys choose logs to present this story? And Issa, I have to ask this question to you because this was something that you talked about a long time ago. You talked about this like, gosh, it was probably what it's like three years ago to me. It's like, I want to make a show, but it's sort of like a vlog show and it's going to be animated. And there's all this traveling and then you just kind of like, it's like, it's complicated. Mm, the idea of logs, I guess it does kind of stem from like, how I think my first challenge question that I tried to answer was, how do you justify an animated show that is a vlog and telling that narratively, right? So to me, my answer was actually kind of just like doing logs in a some record keeper format or this keeping records. It's like, oh, it's archival, which kind of lends to the idea of like, oh, well, if it's archival, maybe there's this justification that you can do whatever you want with it, right? So ironically, it's like a limitation but also very freeing at the same time because we have that limit, it's kind of just like, oh, well, actually we can kind of go around this. Like, what does it mean if it's not a log anymore? What would it look like if it's not from being recorded from a camera or is there another camera recording? So yeah, I kind of just wanted to take that challenge of like being able to speak from a vlog format and this log format in general. The other thing too is like, I just wanted them to be very short and what I like to use the word digestible, making sure that there's short episodes so that way people will be able to sit and pay attention for like a good five minutes and then after that, they'll be like, oh, okay, I can relax now or something. I'm an avid YouTube watcher. So I think to me it's like, I understand as an audience member, what I'm clicking on if it's like an hour long video essay versus like, oh, this video essay is only like five minutes, okay. So yeah, I don't know. My attention span is very short now. So short logs it is. Okay, so what zero is life asks, is the world of Arasall completely original or is it a new future of our world? Ooh, I do have- Oh yeah, I think some people say that. Yeah, I do have the exact answer for this. It is a neo future. It's like, ooh, I said I had the answer and I actually don't remember the exact, but let's say it is like very much like thousands of years in the future. So the world has changed. And at the same time, it's not, those world will definitely reference things that we know now, like for example, that Kiyomi Zadera job and the last episode, like they'll definitely reference real world things that exist now, but at the same time, I personally actually just wanted to construct a world where it can be something of an escape. So yeah, being able to kind of like make a world quote unquote from scratch, but also not necessarily world that we've seen. And then imagine like, okay, well, if we had this technology, what would it be like? I can't words today. So that's the answer. It's neo future. Okay, one more question. Kalixian says, are there any characters we've seen so far? Arzall, Leah, Razzella, Dante, et cetera, that are LGBTQIA+. There was one episode where I believe it was Arzall's friend Razzella who put a heart at the end of one of her text messages and called her an adorable bookworm. This is my lingering thought. One of the things that I definitely, when I approached Josh with this idea and also pitched along with the original idea was like this is recorded by Arzall is our biggest tent pole for the series is diversity first and foremost. And it doesn't necessarily mean the color of her skin, but it also means what our sexuality is. So for the show proper that we had originally pitched, yes, there are absolutely going to be LGBTQ characters. There's a lot of them. Arzall just kind of like throwing this in the void. Arzall, we're gonna explore that because as much as recorded by Arzall is about growing up, which does kind of imply that there is a journey and adventure of finding your identity. I also have this like eyeliner mark on my, I'll wipe off anyway, I'll see it, I'll thank you. This journey of finding your identity and how sexuality is fluid. So whether or not she's queer from the onset or is she queer later, it's fluid identity, gender and sexuality, it's a concept, you know. So definitely want to explore that. And I'm not gonna say anything specific for specific characters at the moment, but that's because I want to leave room for that. If that makes sense. Okay, so we only have a couple moments left and I have a question now, because if anybody's been paying attention to my social media or any of my streams on RTTV or anything I've been saying is, recorded by Arzall has quickly become one of my favorite animated series of all time. It immediately left into my heart the moment I saw Arzall and her room and listened to her speak, it really resonated in a lot of different ways and seeing her grow is something I desperately want to see. So what can the audience do? The people watching right now, the people watching this panel, what can they do to help make sure we get more Arzall in the future? Buy a shirt. Yes, please. Buy a shirt. But one for you and yeah, and for your closest friend, your trio. Yeah, your trio. If you have a big Asian family, buy one for it. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, we're totally sending you. We're gonna buy on box all the way so people can pull a shirt. That's amazing. Let your friends know, I think one of the things that has made the prelude run for a record about Arzall so successful and will continue to be successful in the future is that word of math that like letting everyone know that this show exists, like they should check it out. And I don't want to say like at people to make this show because we're tried, man. So you know, plans are in motion. There's things happening behind the scenes that it's gonna take a bit. But keep, I was gonna say keep in tune. I'm like, I feel like I'm being fobby right now. Stay tuned for any news, but also keep that record of our Arzall spirit alive. Draw fan art. You know what? I do actually have one more question for Christine. How has it been reacting to seeing everybody drawing fan art of Arzall? Just like, there's been a lot. There's been so much. Yeah, I know it's so cool. I mean, again, like I'm so like grateful and excited about how quickly everyone's latched onto this show. And I get that just speaks to like what a wonderful job you guys did again because immediately like the next day people were like sending like Arzall fan art and it was crazy. And it's, I mean, for you guys, I'm sure that must be so like flattering, but it was, yeah, I mean, it's so cool. I'm just so glad that everyone has connected to it the way that I feel like I have. And yeah, no, it's the best. Thanks, Christine. Yeah, of course. And I'm serious. You guys are like, oh, I don't even, what do you, I was gonna say OG, not OG. The GOAT. The GOAT. The GOAT. Thank you. You guys are GOAT. GOATs. Well, that's all recorded by Arzall panel, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. If you haven't seen the full series yet, what are you doing? Come on, it's all on roosterteeth.com. And I genuinely encourage you to watch the sister series recorded by Issa that delves into a lot of the things that built up to the creation of recorded by Arzall. If you want more Arzall, then you know what to do now. Let your voices be heard. And you know what? We're listening. Thank you so much everybody for joining us. Have a wonderful rest of your RTX at home. And enjoy the next panel.